This Euro-R is a monster. Fully modified for endurance race.
Extracted from Temple of Vtec
I was told by Spoon that their Accord Euro-R's 'challenge' in the 25 hours of Thunderhill endurance race to be held at the Thunderhill Raceway Park in California, U.S.A. will be tracked live at their web-site. Live timings for qualifying and the actual race itself will be available by going to the Spoon Sports official website. This 'ultimate' endurance race is jointly presented by NASA (National Auto Sport Association, not the space agency !) and the USAF (United States Air Force).
The Spoon Accord Euro-R challenge will be manned by four professional racers : S Katsura (of BEST MOTORing fame), H. Tsukahara, H Okada (who appears often in BEST MOTORing/HOT VERSION as a guest driver), and Mr Spoon T Ichishima himself (who of course holds a professional racing license). Qualifying takes place on Friday for half and hour from 5:30 to 6:00pm (local California time) and the race will flag off on Saturday 11:00am. The race ends on Sunday at 12:00am. Spoon is the only foreign competitor to take part and the Spoon Accord Euro-R will be competing in class E-1 against Porsche 944s, BMW 328i's, Integra RX-7s, etc. Interestingly, this event enforces a sound limit; competing cars must be able to race within a 103dB max sound limit in the earlier part of the race, and thereafter at or below 98dB. To meet this regulation, Spoon's Accord Euro-R is equipped with a specially designed Titanium single exhaust system. The picture of this exhaust is shown below. Enjoy the race !
